Chapter 581 Mu Yue’s Daily Life

After leaving the Hokage Building, Muzuki returned to his home in the Main urban area.

He sent out a Shadow Clone to clean the house, then Muzuki used Kenbunshoku Haki to locate Kushina.

Before leaving the battlefield, Minato had written a letter and asked him to deliver it to Kushina on his way.

“My luck isn’t bad,” Muzuki thought when he found Kushina in the shopping street.

If Kushina wasn’t outside but rather in the Uzumaki Sealing Technique house, it would have been a bit more troublesome for Muzuki to find her.

Because Kushina was not only the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki but also a Jinchuriki currently mastering the Tailed Beast’s power, her residence was top secret and not to be approached casually.

Even with Muzuki’s significant standing in the Anbu, he would still need to apply to Hiruzen Sarutobi through the Anbu before going there.

But if Kushina was out shopping, it would be much simpler, as Muzuki could just “accidentally” run into her.

After all, the Leaf Village Main District was not that big; encountering someone there was not strange, unlike running into Tenten and Kushina every day.

While continuously tracking Kushina’s location with Kenbunshoku Haki, Muzuki strolled like an ordinary person, slowly approaching her.

“This light pink dress feels nice, it matches our hair color.”

When Muzuki arrived at the shopping street, Kushina was in a clothing store picking out clothes. It’s worth noting that Kushina was not shopping alone; Hana-rei Uzumaki, whom Muzuki had brought from the Land of Grass earlier, was with her.

“Kushina, Karin, long time no see,” Muzuki said, making a surprised expression and raising his hand to greet them.

Hearing the familiar voice, Kushina put down the light pink dress in her hand and quickly turned to look.

“It has been a while since we last met. By the way, Muzuki, are you still studying Sealing Technique? You were in Konoha a while ago, but you didn’t come to me for guidance on Sealing Technique.” Kushina adopted the strict demeanor of a teacher.

It was easy for Kushina to know if Muzuki was in Konoha; if he was, she would have at least one meal a day prepared by him.

If she hadn’t eaten Muzuki’s cooking for two or three consecutive days, it meant Muzuki was either out on a mission or on the battlefield.

“I am studying, but I haven’t encountered any questions worth asking you,” Muzuki explained.

In reality, it was because Muzuki’s current Sealing Technique level was no worse than Kushina’s, and he was worried he would stump her.

Most of Muzuki’s other abilities came from the system, but Sealing Technique was different; he genuinely had a very high talent for it and learned it little by little on his own.

He just didn’t know if it was inherent to his original body or a change brought about by his soul merging after transmigration.

“Don’t underestimate small problems; they can accumulate and waste a lot of time. Anyway, I’m not that busy,” Kushina said, crossing her arms.

Having eaten Muzuki’s cooking for a long time, Kushina wanted to repay him; even good friends couldn’t freeload forever.

“Kushina-sensei is right.”

Muzuki smiled and nodded, planning to find some simpler questions to discuss with Kushina in the future.

“Lord Mu Yue.” Hana-rei Uzumaki greeted Muzuki respectfully.

Hana-rei Uzumaki was very grateful to Muzuki.

Muzuki not only saved her but also brought her to live in a peaceful and stable place like Konoha.

He even helped her apply for subsidies, solving the most troublesome issues of food and lodging in a new place, essentially helping her all the way.

“Why do you still call him ‘Lord’? Just call him Muzuki. It makes him sound like some important big shot,” Kushina complained.

“But isn’t Lord Mu Yue a very important big shot?” Karin asked, looking puzzled.

“It feels like everyone in Konoha is talking about him, and some even say that Lord Mu Yue is highly likely to become Hokage in the future.”

Kushina was speechless; she thought about it carefully, and it was true.

Muzuki was no longer the Chunin or Special Jonin Ninja Academy teacher he once was.

Today’s Muzuki had not only made a very famous name for himself on the battlefield, served as a Ninja force commander, but also achieved great merits on the battlefield multiple times.

Given Muzuki’s achievements and strength for Konoha, calling him a big shot was not wrong.

Even the Sannin at Muzuki’s age were not as accomplished as he was.

“Everyone here is a friend of similar age, there’s no need to be so formal,” Muzuki said with a smile, shaking his head.

Adding a title after his name was fine, but adding “Lord” made Muzuki feel unaccustomed.

“Exactly, these things are unnecessary,” Kushina said, nodding.

She knew Muzuki definitely wouldn’t care about such things, otherwise he wouldn’t have cooked her meals for so long.

Kushina suddenly thought of something and looked Muzuki over a few times.

“It’s been a long time since I bought clothes for Minato. Muzuki, you’re similar to Minato, why don’t you try on some clothes for me later?” Kushina said, a thought suddenly striking her.

“I’m one centimeter taller than Minato; it would be better if he tried them on himself,” Muzuki refused.

He was 1.8 meters tall, while Minato was only 1.79 meters.

“One centimeter difference shouldn’t matter, right?”

“The main thing is, it’s unnecessary. If nothing unexpected happens, Minato might be returning to Konoha soon,” Muzuki explained.

The Jinchuriki was severely injured, and their unit’s combat losses exceeded eighty percent; that battle almost crippled the Iwa Ninja Force in the Land of Grass.

If Iwagakure didn’t immediately send a large army into the Land of Grass again, Konoha’s Ninja forces could have a period of leisure.

At that time, Ninja who had been on the battlefield for a long time, like Minato Namikaze, could return to Konoha to rest.

“Really?” Kushina’s eyes lit up.

“I can’t say for certain he’ll return, but there’s a seventy percent chance,” Muzuki replied after thinking for a moment.

Based on his understanding of Iwagakure, they probably wouldn’t attack Konoha again in the short term, unless Konoha gave them an opportunity.

Because Ōnoki, that old sly fox, didn’t like to stick his neck out.

Iwagakure had sufficient troops, but Ōnoki had kept them hidden for so long, he surely intended to catch a major Ninja Village off guard and directly crush them, rather than just eliminating border units.

However, due to Uchiha Madara’s existence, Muzuki wasn’t too certain.

If Uchiha Madara caused trouble, even if the four-village encirclement came early, it wasn’t impossible.

“Hehe, then there’s really no need. I’ll wait until Minato comes back, and I’ll go buy them with him,” Kushina chuckled.

Then the three of them left the clothing store and strolled down the street, chatting.

To include Hana-rei Uzumaki, Kushina tried to talk about topics she could participate in.

“Hey, Muzuki, Karin, look quickly, this store’s event is so interesting!” Kushina pointed to a cake shop.

Muzuki looked in the direction Kushina was pointing. “Perhaps you’re an undiscovered cake master.”

Muzuki roughly understood what the cake shop’s event was about.

The cake shop provided the ingredients, and customers would use those prepared ingredients to make their own cakes, with the cake shop only charging for the ingredients.

“Come on, let’s go try it quickly!” Kushina pulled them both into the cake shop.

Although Muzuki wasn’t very interested, he didn’t resist, so he didn’t object.

Next was the hands-on time.

However, Muzuki felt he wasn’t making a cake, but rather assembling building blocks.

The ingredients were already complete; they didn’t need further processing, just adding things like stacking blocks.

Muzuki thought about it, and it made sense. If they only provided basic ingredients for customers to make cakes, too many various problems would arise.

For Muzuki, who occasionally made pastries by hand, the cake shop’s activity was very easy. Muzuki quickly finished a product, and it looked even better than the cakes displayed for sale in the shop’s counter.

“Muzuki, you’re so fast, and it looks so exquisite!” Kushina stole a glance at Muzuki, only to find that he had already finished.

Kushina subconsciously sped up.

However, Kushina hadn’t made pastries much, and when she sped up, problems immediately arose, accidentally damaging the cake’s shape.

Kushina had no choice but to choose ingredients and start over. This time, she was much more careful. Although her final product couldn’t compare to Muzuki’s, it wasn’t oddly shaped; it was just an ordinary cake.

Hana-rei Uzumaki might have made pastries herself occasionally, as her finished product looked a bit more delicate than Kushina’s.

“Sirs, do you need to pack them?” the cake shop’s server proactively asked.

“I don’t need to; I want to taste it now,” Kushina refused the server’s suggestion.

Then Kushina looked at Muzuki and Hana-rei Uzumaki and asked, “Do you want to pack them to take home? If you’re eating here too, we can exchange and try each other’s.”

“I don’t need to either,” Muzuki replied.

This kind of cake definitely wouldn’t taste as good as the pastries he made from scratch, so there was no need to take it home.

Karin also made the same choice.

Then the three of them cut their small cakes into three pieces each and exchanged them.

“It tastes pretty good.”

Perhaps it was the unique flavor of a self-made creation after labor, or perhaps Kushina truly had talent, but she thought her homemade small cake was quite good, no worse than those bought from the store.

“Karin, yours is pretty good too!”

Kushina took another bite of Karin’s small cake and found that Hana-rei Uzumaki’s cake looked nicer, and its taste was similar to her own small cake.

“Mm, Kushina, yours is delicious too,” Hana-rei Uzumaki said, taking small bites of Kushina’s cake and nodding in praise.

Actually, Karin thought all the cakes tasted pretty much the same.

Because the ingredients were too complete, there was no room for creativity.

However, when Karin took a bite of Muzuki’s small cake, she showed a surprised expression.

Muzuki’s small cake not only looked exquisite but also tasted much better than their cakes.

“Sure enough, when it comes to this, it has to be you, Muzuki,” Kushina said, not at all surprised.

Compared to Muzuki’s usual cooking and pastries, this small cake of his was nothing special.

The three of them finished their small cakes, and then Kushina asked the server to pack the failed one for takeaway.

When paying, Hana-rei Uzumaki looked at the bill and, after thinking for a moment, said, “I feel like if you want to make a cake, it’s still better at home.”

The cake shop’s DIY cake, even if perfectly successful in one go, was only slightly cheaper than buying a finished cake. If there were major mistakes like Kushina’s, the cost of ingredients would end up being more expensive than buying a cake directly.

“At home, it’s mainly the hassle; here it’s a bit more convenient,” Kushina felt the activity was decent.

Making a cake at home was much more troublesome than doing it here; after finishing, you’d also have to clean various tools.

If this cake shop was still holding the event when Minato Namikaze returned, Kushina planned to bring Minato Namikaze to try it again.

With this experience, next time she came with Minato Namikaze, she would definitely be able to make a better-looking small cake than he could.

Then the three of them strolled around the shopping street for another hour before disbanding.

It wasn’t Muzuki who suggested it; Kushina had something to do. Her free time was over, and she had to go back to continue her training in controlling the Nine-Tailed’s power.

Before leaving, Muzuki handed Minato Namikaze’s letter to Kushina.

“He’s coming back soon and still made you bring a letter; he misses me so much, I can’t do anything about him.” Kushina’s lips involuntarily curved upwards, her smile almost overflowing.

Muzuki felt a subtle emotion. Even when not together, they were still publicly displaying affection, which was quite something.

However, he could understand Minato’s thoughts.

It was good to be able to return, but if he couldn’t, he could still convey his feelings through a letter.

Muzuki, not wanting to be subjected to more public display of affection, quickly walked towards his home.

He had already planned out his time when he entered Konoha.

From noon to afternoon, he could spend time with Kushina, and then during dinner time in the afternoon, he would go to Tsunade’s house to see Tsunade.

Since Kushina had some free time, Muzuki naturally wanted to use it to research Sealing Technique and Breathing Technique.

Muzuki’s cooking agreement with Tsunade had long been fulfilled, but Muzuki didn’t truly treat Tsunade as a tool, developing the Yang Seal and then pretending not to know her.

Initially, Muzuki did approach Tsunade with a purpose, but they got along quite well and became good friends.

Tsunade’s experiences made her a unique Ninja in Konoha, and Muzuki found it very relaxing to be with her.

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“Karin, isn’t Muzuki really great?”

On the way, Kushina suddenly asked Hana-rei Uzumaki.

Due to their locations, Hana-rei Uzumaki and Kushina’s routes home overlapped for a while, so they could chat for a bit longer.

“Mm,” Hana-rei Uzumaki subconsciously replied.

Muzuki was handsome, powerful, gentle, and meticulous; it was hard for Karin to say anything negative about Muzuki.

“I’ll tell you a secret,” Kushina said with a mysterious expression.

Karin looked at Kushina curiously.

“Doesn’t Muzuki seem like someone many people look up to?”

Karin nodded, believing this to be true.

She felt that no one should be able to refuse such an excellent person as Muzuki, who possessed both good looks and ability, and had a good personality.

“Don’t let him fool you, he’s actually always been single; there’s never been any girl around him,” Kushina said quickly after looking left and right.

Although Kushina couldn’t quite understand it, it was true that Muzuki had rarely been seen with women his age.

“Is that so?” Hana-rei Uzumaki’s eyes widened slightly in surprise.

Then she immediately thought of a possibility, and her heart calmed down.

Muzuki might not have had a girlfriend because he had high standards and wasn’t interested in ordinary women.

“Karin, if you think Muzuki is good, you can try. In Konoha, only our Minato is as outstanding as Muzuki, so you have to seize the opportunity,” Kushina continued.

Having spent some time with Hana-rei Uzumaki, Kushina felt that Hana-rei Uzumaki was a good person and a good candidate for a wife.

However, Kushina had no intention of forcing a match.

If Muzuki genuinely wasn’t interested, she would also advise Hana-rei Uzumaki to give up.

Although Hana-rei Uzumaki was Kushina’s only clan member in Konoha, Muzuki was her best friend, so she would naturally favor Muzuki.

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